Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-01-21

4 gentleman who was connected with
large business interests in Hayti has
written for the New York World an ac-
count OF a prevalent practice in that
country which i almost incredible.
The statement was so startling that il
could not be used before rigid invcstigs-
ton established its truth beyond ques'
ton
Investigation hv the Wyrid has shown
,hs, the statement is certainly true that
the practice of human sacrifices and OF
cannibsiism prevails extensively and al
mos, openly in Hayu. but To just what
exien, IL prevails the natural regicence of
the government and police officials con
ceruing IL makes i, impossible to estab-
lsh.
Last spring the gentleman says. Il
the largest and mos, important cities in
Hayti. and while there me, q numbe,
of Dominican gentlemen. who. for yari-
Gus reasons had been compelled Ia spend
long time in the sister republic. These
gentlemen talked great deal about the
that its existence Was not, as all Hay
tisns claim. merely in the minds of
writers who desired To publish sensation
al stories. had shut my ears and eyes
to the customs OF the country people.
and. moreover | never allowed my self to
think il possible that such horrible prac-
tices rs these gentlemen assured me were
common existed. Therefore tried in
every way | consistently could tn dis
abuse them of the Illusions which |
thought they entertained Among these
Domnicans was one who. irritated by
constant denials determined to prove To
me that his assertions were true. In
April the workers on one of the coffee
plantations near lie Cap Intended having
some kind of n demonstration in honor
OF one of their superslitlous anniversa-
ries. aud my friend learned that. incl
dental TO the Noudoo worship (which.
by the way. unaccompanied by human
sacrifices. no Haytian will deny, exists,
there would he human sacrifice In
some manner. my friend had ingratiated
himself with certain of the negro labor
ers who were TO attend the sacrifices.
aud induced them To allow him and me
to be present also. On the evening of
April 10. 1886. he came to my house,
where both of Us dressed ourselves in
the ordinary country workingman's cos
tune and then had our hands and faces
well blacked by the negro who was to
conduct us to the Noudoo temple To
reach the temple we rode out over the
smooth wagon road which runs out to
and through the place called Heaux du
Cap. and when we had gotten about
three miles beyond the little tavern in
that place. where everybody stops for
refreshments. our conductor suddenly
left the highway. and by little winding
bride path, led us up the big mountain
to u spot about half way up the side.
Here the negroes had constructed a
rude wooden shanty among the trees and
where it could hardly be noticed by any
casual passerb if such there might be
in that lonely quarter. Into this mser
able hut we were ushered by our guide,
who, to obtain admittance, uttered some
signal words to the two brawny negroes
who stood guard at the entrance and
who closely interrogated every person
who entered. We were apparently a
little late In the single room there was
u motley crowd of negroes-men and
women-congregated around sort of
wooden throne erected in the middle of
the room. On this throne, arrayed in
many colored long gowns and adorned
with much tawdry tinery, there sat on
chairs draped with flaming red cloth a
man and woman. They were the Papa
loi and the MamalOi, or the priest and
priestess of the order of the VOudOos.
At their feet was the box which con-
tanned the holy serpent which was be-
ing worshiDped bv this ungodly assem-